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RICHARD II. DUSENBURY, OF BRUNSVIOK, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- IIALFTO THEODORE ROBINSON, OF SAME PLACE.

IRONING- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,469, datedMay 6, 1890. Application filed October 9, 1888. Serial No. 287,677. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD II. DUSEN- BURY, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Brunswick, in the county of Rensselaerand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ironing-lllachines, of which the following is a specification,reference beingl had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to machines for ironing or polishing cuffs,collars, and the bosoms of shirts; and the objects of my invention areto provide a machine in which the ironingboard is reciprocated bymechanism r 5 placed vertically under said board to produce a smoothmotion the whole length of its course and at the ends thereof, and alsoin which a shirt band, cuff, or collar supporting roll is controlled byeccentric means, as hereinafter 2o described. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a side view of an ironing-machine constructed in accordance with myinz 5 vention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical scction of the samethrough the center thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section online Qc of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is atop view of the machine. Fig. 5 is a Viewin perspective of the 3o under side of the ironing-board. Fig. 6 is aview in perspective of the inner side of the frame carrying the band orcuff supporting roll.

In said drawings, A represents the frame 3 5 upon which is mounted insuitable bearings the driving-shaft B, carrying the pulley B2, aroundwhich may be made to pass a belt connected with a motive power. To givea smooth reciprocating motion to the support or ironing-board O, apinion b is mounted loosely upon the driving-shaft, and said pinioncarries one member b of a clutch, while the other member b2 is connectedby means of a feather or other well-known means with said shaft B. Themember bgof the clutch can be connected or placed in clutch with themember b by means of a lever b3, pivoted to the frame at b, and havingone end extending to the front end of the machine and the other endforked and engaged into a circular groove 5o of the member b2. Thepinion b meshes with a gear-wheel D, adapted to revolve upon a stud d,projecting from the bracket d2, secured to the frame. I

The wheel D carries adjustably secured in 5 5 a slot d', formed in oneof its arms or spokes,

a crank-pin d3, carrying a roller thatis made to play in a vertical slote of an arm E, vertically pendent from the carriage E2, carrying theironing-board. Said carriage has two 6o axles c2 extending across themachine, with wheels or rollers e3 on the ends thereof, and .saidrollers are adapted to travelin horizontal grooves o, in 'the sides ofthe frame A. Said carriage has projecting vertically therefrom at oneend a short standard c, the head of which is semicircular or convex onone side at c2, the curve corresponding with the opening formed in thetop of a shirt-bosom to receive the neck of the wearer. The iron- 7oing-board has acorresponding concave recess c3, and between saidcurvedsurfaces the neckband is inserted. The under side of the board isprovided with a longitudinal T-shaped rib c4, that is made to engagewith two similar ribs e4 on top of the carriage; but the arrangement ofsaid ribs may be reversed, or other forms of connection-as a dovetailand groovemay be used. To retain the shirt-bosom or its neck-bandclamped upon the ironing- 8o board, a lever c'ris used. It is pivoted tothe carriage at e, and has its eccentric end made to engage with thebeveled rear end of the rib c4 of said ironing-board.

The ironing-roller F is, as usual, made hol` 8 5 low or chambered forthe reception of gas, steam, or other heating medium. It is mounted inbearings G, adapted to slide upon and be guided in grooves formed inguide-blocks G2, secured to the top ot' the frame A. The 9o grooves insaid blocks are at an angle of about forty-live degrees to their base,and the bearings G are forced up or down said grooves by means of a pairof connecting-rods g, a pair of levers I-I, a foot-lever or pedal H2,and springs 7L. The pedal is pivoted upon ahorizontal rod a2, unitingthe two side frames A. The lower arm of said pedal has a slot to receivea horizont-al rod h, carried by the lower end of the levers H. Saidlevers are pivoted to the frame at h2, and have their upper end pivotedto the lowei; end of the connectingrods g, and the upper ends of saidrods are pivoted to the bearing G. By the above means the ironing-rollis forced upon the ironingboard by the operator pressing upon the pedalH2, and said roll is elevated by the springs h, one end of which issecured to the lower portion of the levers H7 and the other end pressesagainst the frame of the machine. To transmit motion to theironing-roll, a pulley F2 is secured on one end thereof. Said pulleyTcarries a belt F3, that passes around a pulley F4 upon the driving-shattB.

To permit shirt bands, collars, or cuffs to be ironed by one attendantwhile another may be ironing the bosoln of shirt or other obj ect, theironing-roll F is provided at one end with a roller F5 in continuationthereof but eX- tending beyond the side of the frame, and

' under said roll F5 the band, cuff,`or collar support onsupporting-roll I is mounted upon a shattz', carried by a vertically-movable frame K. Said frame has on the inner side thereof two parallelribs k to embrace and be guided by a vertical rib 7&4 upon the side o fthe frame of the machine, and said parts are retained connected by meansof a bolt 7a2, inserted into said frame and passing through a verticalslot in the frame K. The lower end of this frame K has a side lug 7c3 toenlarge its base, against which the operator can force the eccentricupper end of the foot-lever L, pivoted to the frame at Z, by pressinghis foot upon the pedal L2 of said lever. To cause the rolls to rotatetogether, the shaft of rolls F F5 car ries a gear-Wheel M, with which agear-wheel N of the supporting-roll I meshes when the operator pressesforward upon the pedal L2.

Although the crank-pin d3, used to reciprocate the carriage E2, ispreferably secured to the wheel D, the axle d of which may be bent inthe form of a crank and made to engage with the slot e of the arm Ewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having now fully described my invention, I claiml. The combination of anironing-roll, areciprocating carriage, its standard c, having a curvedhead c2, and a groove in the top of said carriage, with theironing-board, having a concave recess c3 and a longitudinal rib in thebottom thereof, and the locking-lever e5, pivoted to the carriage andadapted to press against said rib, substantially as described.

2. An ironing-machine consisting of a frame having horizontalguiding-grooves and a vertical guide-rib, an ironing-board carriageadapted to be reciprocated in said grooves, and a vertical framecarrying a roll I and adapted to be reciprocated along said rib, andmeans, as described, for reciprocating said carriage and the roll I,witha hollow ironing-roller adapted to rotate upon said ironing-board androll I, substantially as and for the purpose described.

43. An ironing-machine provided with a horizontally-reciprocatingcarriage carrying a fiat ironing-support and a vertically-reciprocatingframe carrying a convex or cylindrical ironing-Support, With means, asdescribed, for reciprocating said ironing-supports and a hollowironing-roller adapted to rotate upon said supports, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiX my si gnature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD H. DUSEN BURY.

Vitnesses:

A. D. LYON, THEoDoRE D. RoBiNsoN.

